Quedarse frita- Asleep or worn out?

Question

I was just looking at some of the new descriptive phrases on DropOne/Take One and saw NickDan's post with a little girl sleeping with "quedarse frita".

So does this mean sleeping or worn out or crashed on the couch?

Any other useful idiomatic phrases with frita or quedarse that might be fun to know?

Answer 1

I agree that in the particular context given, "quedarse frita" refers to extreme exhaustion.

Just for reference, however, I'd like to point out that in some places, and in some contexts, "frito" can also mean ""I'm finished" or "I'm dead" - as in "I'm finished - I got caught trying to fudge my income tax". "Estoy frito - me atraparon falsificando mis impuestos".

Ok, that helps. - katydew, Jan 23, 2012

Answer 2

I agree that in the particular context given, "quedarse frita" refers to extreme exhaustion.

Not over here, but anyway, this would mean she or he fell asleep.

quedarse alguien ~. 1. loc. verb. coloq. dormirse (? estar en reposo).

However, frito can even mean kill or kick the crap out of somebody...

Le dejó frito. he killed him.

Me frió a palos.

Me tienes frito. Stop bothering me.

Another one of those wonderful multi-purpose words. :-) - Gekkosan, Jan 23, 2012

Who would think something that makes a potato so wonderful has such a violent end... ;o) - katydew, Jan 23, 2012

Answer 3

Idiomatic frases in any language are very specific to that language and culture and so sometimes defy translation... Quedarse frito is a relatively simple one...it can be used to mean "to fall asleep" or " to be alseep"... Its like "to be dead to the world" in other words very tired...

"Dead to the world' is a good explanation. Thanks. - katydew, Jan 23, 2012

perfecto - 00494d19, Jan 23, 2012

In English we can say "fried" to mean exhausted. - 0074b507, Jan 23, 2012

In English, "fried" can mean lots of things, from high on drugs to electrocuted. - lorenzo9, Jan 23, 2012

Usually we get ' knackered' first. - annierats, Jan 23, 2012

Oh Annie, it's too early in the morning to laugh that hard! - territurtle, Jan 23, 2012

Answer 4

Frita is rather tired of something. Or you can tell estoy harta

not really, porcu, it means to be or fall asleep - 00494d19, Jan 23, 2012

Thanks Heidita - porcupine7, Jan 23, 2012

Answer 5

Tired or worn out = agotado.

I'm worn out = Estoy agotado.